CHAPTER 6 Youth Views of the PLA: ‘You Can Serve the Country in More Than One Way’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi
4. INTRODUCTION Nationalism, Militarisation and Youth Education in China 1
5. CHAPTER 1 The Militarisation of Education in Modern China 31
6. CHAPTER 2 War and Peace in China’s History Textbooks 64
7. CHAPTER 3 ‘Don’t Get Soft’: Youth Military Training in China 91
8. CHAPTER 4 Military Entertainment, Gender and the Nation 117
9. CHAPTER 5 Youth Notions of Armed Conflict: ‘If Peace Is Our Goal, Why Use War to Attain It?’ 145
10. CHAPTER 6 Youth Views of the PLA: ‘You Can Serve the Country in More Than One Way’ 171
11. CONCLUSION Rethinking the Militarisation of Chinese Youth in the Xi Era 197
12. REFERENCES 206
13. INDEX 254